A case of a 62-years-old woman with mobile tumor in the upper abdomen is reported. With the contemporary methods of examination, including percutaneous thin needle biopsy, the diagnosis of epithelioid leiomyoma of the stomach was established. The patient was successfully treated surgically. The frequency of these benign gastric tumors, their clinical course, diagnosis and treatment are discussed.
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